CVE-2008-0598
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Unspecified vulnerability in the 32-bit and 64-bit emulation in the Linux kernel 2.6.9, 2.6.18, and probably other versions allows local users to read uninitialized memory via unknown vectors involving a crafted binary.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (31th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0608)
- Published
- June 30, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0608 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30849
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30850
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31107
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31551
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32103
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32104
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33201
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33586
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0973.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29942
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020367
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433938
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43554
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10721
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6201
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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